REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION IN FOREST ASSESSMENT

In this research the relationship between structural variables of pine and spectral data of Landsat 5 TM sensor were evaluated in an area of Durango, Mexico. To determine such relationship multivariate techniques were applied. Using information of the evaluated sites, a prediction model was generated with Landsat TM bands; the better relationships were found for the sensor's spectral data with the variable ERT (m 3 /ha) were found with the band 4, with R 2 = 0.72 and with the band 3, with R 2 = 0.66.